This is an updated and shortened edition of an outstanding treatment of social history that provides students with a vivid and approachable account of what life was like throughout human history. It provides students with one of the most vivid and approachable accounts of what life was like throughout the entire course of human history. It features lively, descriptive writing, a range of illustrations and extensive primary sources that give voice to a wide variety of individuals. The new updated edition incorporates the latest scholarship, has been reorganised and shortened to make the text less unwieldy, includes new illustrations, and contains expanded treatment of non-European societies and cultures, gender, and cross-cultural comparisons and connections.This is an updated and shortened new edition of an outstanding treatment of social history featuring lively writing and extensive primary sources that give voice to a wide range of individuals. Combined with political, cultural, and economic coverage it provides students with a vivid and approachable account of what life was like throughout human history.

A History of World Societies

John McKay

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Insiders' Guide to Atlanta offers travelers, newcomers, and locals the best, most comprehensive information on what's happening in the area. Known as the cultural and economic center of the southern United States, Atlanta offers traditional southern charm with a very modern flair. Civil War sites and museums, Centennial Olympic Park, and a variety of international shops and restaurants are just a few of the highlights of what this city has to offer. Use this guide to discover the history of a place that was once at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement as well as limitless opportunities for fun, dining, recreation, and adventure. (6 x 9, 472 pages, b&amp;w photos, maps)

Insiders' Guide to Atlanta, 5th (Insiders' Guide Series)

Travel

Shannon Lane Hurst

Bonnie McKay

United States

Insiders' Guide

What was it like to be a soldier in combat during the Civil War? What was it like to be a poorly trained, ill-equipped, and un-uniformed militiaman in a state "army" trying to, literally, defend your own home? What was it like to be stuffed into a dank, dark, sweltering, three-foot-diameter iron tube, turning a crank to escape an enemy howling after you, all while thirty feet below the surface of Charleston Harbor? What was it like to be a Creek infantryman, slowly riding in to a Union post in the wilds of frontier Oklahoma, carrying the threadbare rags of what had once been your proud battle flag, knowing you were among the very last of the Confederates to surrender? What was it like to be a Prussian-born corporal, barely able to speak English, caught in the midst of a vicious street battle in Fredericksburg? This new book tells the untold stories of the men on the front lines of battle during the Civil War.

Brave Men in Desperate Times: The Lives Of Civil War Soldiers

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Globe Pequot

Discover Atlanta's allure with the help of longtime locals who share the most comprehensive information on what's happening in the area, from Civil War sites and museums to a variety of international shops and restaurants.

Insiders' Guide to Atlanta, 6th (Insiders' Guide Series)

Civil War history buffs will love this unique travel guide to the South's most famous and infamous battle sites, including historical background, directions to hard-to-find locations, and tips on where to stay, eat, and shop.

Insiders' Guide to Civil War Sites in the Southern States

History

Americas

Globe Pequot Pr

The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship)

From the rear cover of this 119 page book: "Forever associated with Nelson's last battle, 'Victory' in one of the most famous ships of all time, and is now preserved as a museum at Portsmouth. The ship's survival is particularly appropriate since 'Victory' is not only an example of the ultimate sailing warship - the three-decker First Rate - but was also the most popular and successful 100-gun ship of the period. Forty years old by the time of Trafalgar, she had been the flagship of half a dozen famous admirals, and was to continue in active service until 1812. This volume features: Full description of the ship and her position in the development of the First Rate; Pictorial section emphasizing close-up and on-board photographs; Guide to the ship's Trafalgar colour scheme on the book jacket; More than 300 perspective and 3-view drawings, with in-depth descriptive keys, of every detail of the ship as presently restored - general arrangements, hull construction, fittings, decoration, masts and yards, rigging and armament.

Europe

Conway Maritime Press

detailed volume on the "The Bounty", well illustrated, excellent book on a bit of maritime history.

The Armed Transport Bounty (Anatomy of the Ship Series)

Conway Maritime Press Limited

The   Pandora was a 24-gun Sixth Rate built at Deptford in 1779. The 20- and 24-gun   classes were the smallest regularly commanded by a Post Captain and they were   consequently known as post ships; they were also the smallest frigate-built   ships on the Navy List. The Pandora is best known for her voyage to Tahiti   which was undertaken to bring back the Bounty mutineers. Fourteen of them   were captured at Tahiti but four were drowned when Pandora ran   aground on 29 August 1791 on the Great Barrier Reef on her return journey.   The surviving ten were eventually brought back to Portsmouth and   court-martialled. Three of them were hung. The site of the wreck was   discovered in 1977 and has been extensively excavated by a team led by Ron Coleman. As part of the renowned Anatomy of the Ship series, this book provides the finest documentation of the Bellona, with a complete set of superb line drawings, supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history.

The 24-Gun Frigate Pandora (Anatomy of the Ship)

Ron Coleman

Military

Phoenix Publications

The story of one man's trip of a lifetime: a motorcycle adventure covering 4 corners of the USA

One Brit, One Bike, One Big Country

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Bronwyn Editions

Forever associated with Nelson's last battle at Trafalgar, Victory is one of the most famous ships of all time. An example of the ultimate sailing warship--the three-decker First Rate--Victory was the most popular and successful 100-gun ship of the period, the flagship of half a dozen famous admirals. 
First published in 1987 in the Anatomy of the Ship series and now updated, this volume provides the most detailed description and illustrations of the Victory available anywhere. A pictorial section contains numerous clear photographs emphasizing close-up and on-board views of ship equipment and spaces. Three hundred perspective and three-view drawings, with fully descriptive keys, illustrate every detail of the ship, including hull construction, masts and yards, armament, rigging, decoration and fittings. These accurate and totally comprehensive drawings offer ship buffs, historians, and model makers a full view of the ship and her position in the development of the First Rate.

US Naval Institute Press

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Books by John McKay

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A History of World Societies

Insiders' Guide to Atlanta, 5th (Insiders' Guide Series)

Brave Men in Desperate Times: The Lives Of Civil War Soldiers

Insiders' Guide to Atlanta, 6th (Insiders' Guide Series)

Insiders' Guide to Civil War Sites in the Southern States

The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship)

The Armed Transport Bounty (Anatomy of the Ship Series)

The 24-Gun Frigate Pandora (Anatomy of the Ship)

One Brit, One Bike, One Big Country

The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship)